Horatio Gates at Saratoga Medal
Datec. 1801
Engraver
Nicholas Marie Gatteaux
(French, 1751 - 1832)
Maker
United States Mint
Geography
Manufactured -
United States
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/16 in. × 2 3/16 in. × 1/4 in. (5.56 cm × 5.56 cm × 0.64 cm)
Credit LineAcquired through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 2017
Object numberM-5549
DescriptionBronze die-struck medal featuring a male bust in profile on the obverse and a figural group on the reverse. Obverse: Bust of General Horatio Gates, in profile, facing left. Inscribed: “HORATIO GATES DUCI STRENUO”; inscribed in exergue: “COMITIA AMERICANA;” above exergue line, at right: “N.GATTEAUX.”
Reverse: Figural group featuring General Burgoyne surrendering his sword to Gates; defeated British troops in left background; victorious American troops in right background; legend above: “SALUS REGIONEM SEPTENRIONAL.”; inscription in exergue: “GATTEAUX F”/ “HOSTE AD SARATOGAM/IN DEDITION ACCEPTO/ DIE XVII OCT MDCCLXXVII.”
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1755-1765
18th Century
